@Marlorena OH MY GOODNESS Just why do you have to introduce us to this amazing website called findmeroses. I’m so going to be spending even more time reading about roses now to the detriment of my sleep hygiene, as if it’s not non-existent already. By the way I was choosing a seaweed fertiliser last weekend having read about it but couldn’t decide on one at the garden centre. I sort of randomly picked up one and it turns out to be the one you have just recommended! I was hesitant on using it because I wasn’t sure if I bought the right thing but now that I know my roses are gonna get even more fed.. (I promise I will go easy on them, more like, note to self)
..the stimulant is very good... it encourages roses to send up more basal growth... ...I'm always researching on help me find... it's run with the highest of integrity too, they don't pass any of your details on anywhere... and all free.. ..I still make impulse buys but if I'm wanting a rose say from DA or some other outlet that costs a bit, I always check on there first, to see what others have said about it, before buying... the 'photos'.. 'comments' and 'references' sections are very useful...
Great, thanks @Marlorena. I thought Chlorosis too, but couldn’t understand how just one branch on one rose of a group of three together could get it and not the rest, hence thinking it must be something more mysterious. They have been flowering their socks off all season, so are probably exhausted, poor lambs!
I don’t have any pure seaweed extract just now (as they don’t sell it locally) but have a liquid organic cannabis leaf feed which has added ‘seaweed and natural amino acids’ - NPK is 4-8-12. Seaweed content is 3% but iron content is only 0.1%. I will try a dose of that first, maybe boost it with a small amount of sequestered iron and see how that goes. If not, will order up some maxicrop.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Oh I have a question about rose replant syndrome/disease
How long does a rose have to have been in the ground for, in order for that problem to be created if you were to swap in another rose?
As in I've got a rose that's only been in one season (Queen Elizabeth) and I'm already thinking I'm probably going to get rid, or at least move it somewhere else, and swap it with either one of my ones in pots or potentially a new one.
So if I were to do that this winter - will I need to dig out and swap soil?
I've been wondering that too Mr Vine Eye. I dug out a weak 'Ice Cream' on the weekend and was going to replant this winter. The soil looks great to me, thought I'd dig in some manure at the weekend and hope for the best (since I've already ordered the replacement bare root).
....you just never know... is the best answer to the question... but in my experience, and unfortunately I've had quite a bit to deal with in my time, it can occur after a rose has only been in the ground for a few months...
...here are some quotes from the RHS on this, which I agree with, and mirrors my own experience..
''The roots of the previous plant need only to have been in the soil for a few months for the problem to occur
New plantings may struggle to establish, make poor growth
The problem varies in severity and sometimes does not occur at all.''
...there are several workarounds... one of my favourites if the old rose has not been in the ground long, is simply to plant the new one as little as 1 foot to the side of the original planting hole... but if you must use the very same hole, I would just add a few shovels full of fresh soil around the new rose... that should remove any risk... if the rose had been in the ground several years, then not only using fresh soil but sprinkling mycorrhizal fungi around the new rose roots does help the new rose to establish, but it doesn't always cure it totally... and some patience is still required...
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...I'm always researching on help me find... it's run with the highest of integrity too, they don't pass any of your details on anywhere... and all free..
..I still make impulse buys but if I'm wanting a rose say from DA or some other outlet that costs a bit, I always check on there first, to see what others have said about it, before buying... the 'photos'.. 'comments' and 'references' sections are very useful...
I don’t have any pure seaweed extract just now (as they don’t sell it locally) but have a liquid organic cannabis leaf feed which has added ‘seaweed and natural amino acids’ - NPK is 4-8-12. Seaweed content is 3% but iron content is only 0.1%. I will try a dose of that first, maybe boost it with a small amount of sequestered iron and see how that goes. If not, will order up some maxicrop.
...I just cut these... 'The Ancient Mariner' and 'Chandos Beauty'..
...I have no skills at flower arranging..
The same Amber Queen flower this morning.
How long does a rose have to have been in the ground for, in order for that problem to be created if you were to swap in another rose?
As in I've got a rose that's only been in one season (Queen Elizabeth) and I'm already thinking I'm probably going to get rid, or at least move it somewhere else, and swap it with either one of my ones in pots or potentially a new one.
So if I were to do that this winter - will I need to dig out and swap soil?
...here are some quotes from the RHS on this, which I agree with, and mirrors my own experience..
...there are several workarounds... one of my favourites if the old rose has not been in the ground long, is simply to plant the new one as little as 1 foot to the side of the original planting hole... but if you must use the very same hole, I would just add a few shovels full of fresh soil around the new rose... that should remove any risk... if the rose had been in the ground several years, then not only using fresh soil but sprinkling mycorrhizal fungi around the new rose roots does help the new rose to establish, but it doesn't always cure it totally... and some patience is still required...